From the dock,
she could watch everything
that was happening on the river.

There were lobster boats
with lobstermen hauling their traps,
motorboats full of people going for a boat ride,
and sailboats being pushed by the wind.
 

One summer, the rain poured down
and the winds blew for several days.

The little red boat filled with water, almost to the top.

She became so heavy that the rope that tied her to the dock
could not hold her anymore — and it broke.

Then the wind blew the little red boat away from the dock.

The tide was going out toward the ocean,
and helped the wind push the little red boat
down the river, away from her home.

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